Dave Fernig @DaveFernig@qoto.org

@s3nnacherib @DaveFernig @peterbrown @ClimateHuman

Hi Adam, complicated topic! I think I agree with most of what you said.

Defining collapse is tough. One of the things I find ironic, is most of the "collapses" we see archaeologically are a collapse in elite material culture, yet elites think they might escape modern climate change

I need to time in my life, because Id love to write more on that!

@s3nnacherib @DaveFernig @peterbrown @ClimateHuman

i personally think archaeology and history is very relevant to our own moment, but at the same time (as usual) our own moment is unique. So, it won't provide direct answers, but perhaps a larger context with which to understand our world and the potential impact of the decisions we make

i certainly think it goes to show that we won't "science" ourselves out of this. It's a cultural shift we need, if we will get out of this intact

@peterbrown @s3nnacherib @ClimateHuman @FlintDibble @DaveFernig
So yes, it’s a culture thing. And the cultural perception has to change from “We don’t want to deal with this, it’s too expensive and it’s too late anyway,” to “Holy shit, why did we waste half a century? We need to get cracking on this NOW, and no expense is too great vs annihilation.”
Or something like that.

@ArdentArchivist @FlintDibble @DaveFernig @peterbrown @ClimateHuman Do you mean a paradigm shift about how we think about historical climate change impacts, specifically? (Or relatedly, how the past informs our thinking about the modern climate crisis?)

@FlintDibble @DaveFernig @peterbrown @ClimateHuman Hah, yeah... it's funny how that works, isn't it? Almost like they don't realize how dependent they are on the rest of the rest of the world... 😏

And yeah, collapse is SUPER complicated. But it's *definitely* not the sort of straightforward, monocausal nonsense Jared Diamond depicts in his book (which is sadly way more influential than it should be because it's... not great).

@ClimateHuman @peterbrown @s3nnacherib @FlintDibble @DaveFernig
How the past informs our thinking is of vital importance, you’re right, but my thinking was much more basic: too many people are too ignorant of the problems (and solutions), and of those who aren’t, too many are burying their heads in the sand. Humanity wants to continue the status quo, but Mother Nature has other ideas. We must accept that & act.

A photo of an engineer wiring an early IBM computer, 1958 by Berenice Abbott.

@davidallengreen I'm sure you've also been made aware of the Norwegian Dag = day

But hey, it has marketing potential: "Det er klart som dagen" = clear as day = clear as if DAG were to explain something?

"If you hate watching a billionaire destroy the place you live online, wait till you hear what they’re up to with planet earth."
- Meghna Jayanth

The message is simple
“Stop pumping sh*t into our waterways”.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/13/raw-deal-discontent-is-rising-as-water-companies-pump-sewage-into-uk-waters?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

PRAGUE EXPRESS…. Checked in for the 09:31 Eurostar to Paris, en route to the European Rail Tourism Awards in Prague. Eurostar started running from the newly-rebuilt St Pancras on 14 November 2007 - 15 years ago today.

@ClimateHuman I agree totally, however I think that exponential curve is flattening. And since it is cumulative it’ll take a long time to go back down again.

So far, 27 years of COP meetings have been a complete failure; you can't argue with physics. Anyone saying otherwise has fossil fuels or books to sell. #EmergencyMode

If you're new at this

Jeremy Hunt is saying we cannot max out the national credit card this morning. This is total nonsense. There is no national credit card. Instead it’s the job of government to make the money we use. And since it can always make that money it can never max out on credit.

But Jeremy Hunt does not understand the macroeconomics of running a national economy. Instead he pretends he’s running a household or business. They can’t max out the credit card without consequence. But governments don’t have credit cards, for a start.

My Veil Nebula. This one was a 2 panel, about 20 hours per panel. 10 hours each panel of 5nm OIII and H-a Astrodon filters for a Bi-colour finish. Taken through my Sky-Watcher Esprit 100mm Apo.
Mosaics are not really my thing, matching the panels was not fun. Haven't done another since..
:)

#Astrophotography
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@freemo Dawn, northern Norway #photography #sunrise #sky #landscape